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For patients with Behçet's syndrome

Apremilast Effective for Oral Ulcers in Behçet’s Syndrome

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Reduction in number of oral ulcers per patient; greater decline in pain from ulcers with apremilast
Medical students in personal distress may be more likely to have suboptimal attitudes about self-prescribing and personal responsibility for reporting impaired colleagues

Suboptimal Prescribing Attitudes Could Signal Personal Distress

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Med students experiencing depression, alcohol abuse less likely to report impaired colleagues
Most patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and systolic heart failure who undergo ablation have AF recurrence at five years

A-Fib Recurrence Common Five Years After Ablation

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For patients with a-fib and heart failure, mortality rates lower after ablation versus no ablation
For men with prostate cancer

Clinician-Referred Exercise Program Beneficial in Prostate CA

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Clinician referral to a 12-week program ups vigorous exercise levels and improves mental health
Experts are predicting that this allergy season may be one of the worst in years.

Allergy Season Predicted to Be One of the Worst, but Shorter

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Doctors predict a shorter but rougher stretch of coughing, sneezing, and wheezing
Nearly one in 10 full-time workers in the United States have had a recent substance abuse problem

Recent Substance Abuse Found in Nearly One in 10 Workers

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Government report detects uptick among hotel, food service employees
Genes may play a role in cardiac arrest risk among kidney patients who are on dialysis

Higher Risk of Cardiac Arrest in Dialysis May Be Genetic

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But more detailed genetic studies needed in the dialysis population
If genetic tests are only done on cancer tissue

Call for Gene Tests in Cancer to Include Normal Tissue

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Current practice of only focusing on tumor samples might adversely affect care
People with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) may be more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment at younger ages than those without SDB

Snoring, Sleep Apnea Linked to Dementia, but CPAP Helps

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Treating sleep issues may delay mental decline in older adults, researchers say
A potent new designer drug called "flakka" is making headlines across the United States

Synthetic Drug ‘Flakka’ Causes Hallucinations, Fits of Rage

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Use of chemical-cousin to 'bath salts' appears to be on the rise, experts say